Fatemeh Behboudi

freelance

Tehran, Iran

Fatemeh Behboudi ( photojournalist and Documentary photographer ) born (1985) in iran _Tehran
She started Professional Photography at 2007 and worked for several iranian news agancies (Fars news _ Mehr _borna _ isca _Jame jam news paper _ iqna ) and now she working with Mehr news agency .
winter of world press photo 2015
First place Feature Picture Story - Freelance/Agency in Poyi 2014
Selected one of five exhibited during Obscura's Asian Women Photographers’ Showcase _ Malaysia 2014
Participant in the Joop Swart Masterclass world press photo 2013
photo exhibition in Yangon (Myanmar) 2015 /2
photo exhibition in International Festival of art and resistance _ Iran 2013
Participant in Angkor photo festival 2013

English

Persian

Mothers of patience

Fatemeh Behboudi

The Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century. More than 10,000 Iranians were reported missing in action in Iraq. Casualty figures are highly uncertain, though the numbers of dead on both sides ran into the hundreds of thousands. In Iran, people who were killed in the conflict were declared martyrs for their country, and therefore for Islam. Over 10,000 Iranian soldiers were reported missing in action, without a corpse being identified. Bodies are still being discovered and repatriated. Many mothers of missing soldiers live in hope of seeing their sons again, or finally having a body that they may bury